Over a month after its international launch in June, the BlackBerry KEY2 has been finally launched in India. The licensee Optiemus Infracom, a Delhi-based telecommunications company, has introduced BlackBerry’s newest flagship phone to India and has priced it at Rs.42,990.
The unique selling point of the BlackBerry KEY2 is its physical Qwerty keypad with shortcuts that help users launch apps and activate commands using a single key. In India, the BlackBerry KEY2 will be an Amazon exclusive, going on sale on the e-retailers on July 31st. Those interested in the Qwerty phone can avail of a Reliance Jio cash back offer of Rs.4,450 or an ICICI bank cash back offer, NDTV Gadgets reported.
The company claims that the latest offering boasts the “most intelligent keyboard ever, and a battery that lasts up to 2 days”. The phone also gets a Series 7 aluminum alloy frame along with a textured diamond grip, non-slip back.
The KEY2 is BlackBerry’s first offering that comes with a horizontally-stacked dual camera setup, each of 12 megapixels. The front camera is an 8MP fixed-focus lens.
About the BlackBerry KEY 2
The dual-SIM (Nano) BlackBerry KEY2 runs on Android 8.1 Oreo out-of-the-box, and sports a 4.5-inch full-HD IPS LCD display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass. The handset is powered by a 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC (four Kryo 260 cores clocked at 2.2GHz and four clocked at 1.8GHz), combined with 6GB of RAM. It gets a 3,500mAh (typical) battery and expandable memory up to 256GB.
BlackBerry KEY 2 specifications
Specs of the BlackBerry KEY2
| Technical details | Product |
|---|---|
| Internal Memory | 6GB RAM with either 64GB or 128GB flash memory |
| SD Card | Expandable up to 256GB |
| Camera | 12MP + 12MP main cameras; and 8MP front camera |
| Product Dimensions | 151.4 x 71.8 x 8.5 (mm) |
| Screen Type | 433 PPI (1620 x 1080) IPS LCD |
| Screen Size | 4.5 inches |
| OS | Android 8.1 Oreo |
| Processor | Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC |
| Battery | 3,500mAh |
About the brand
BlackBerry manufactures, markets and sells smartphones globally under a brand licensing agreement with TCL Communication. Optiemus Infracom sells BlackBerry smartphones in the Indian market. It was earlier one of the most prominent smartphone vendors in the world, specializing in secure communications and mobile productivity, and was well-known for its Qwerty keyboards on most of its devices.
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